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Borderlands 3 Will Be On Sale For $10 Off On Release Day (PS4, Xbox One)

09/10/2019

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Borderlands 3 was first announced in April of this year, and now we’re just days from its official release date: September 13. The new first-person shooter from Gearbox Software will launch on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, with the latter version exclusive to the Epic Games Store until April 2020.

If you can’t wait to get your hands on Borderlands 3 this weekend, here’s a way to save yourself some money if you’re purchasing for PS4 or Xbox One. According to deals site Cheap Ass Gamer, Walmart stores will be selling Borderlands 3 for $49.94 rather than $60 on release, a growing trend we’ve seen with other recent games like Astral Chain and Fire Emblem: Three Houses. You’ll have to physically go to your nearest Walmart store to take advantage of this offer; it doesn’t appear to be available online.

Alternatively, Amazon and Best Buy shoppers can get $10 reward credit if they pre-order Borderlands 3. At Amazon, this offer is exclusive to Prime members, while Best Buy’s deal is available to My Best Buy members (you can sign up for free). Borderlands 3’s other pre-order bonuses include a gold weapon trinket and gold weapon skins for all guns in the game. You can read more about the game’s various editions and what they contain in our Borderlands 3 pre-order guide.

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The game earned an 8/10 in our Borderlands 3 review for its unique enemies and environments, new Vault Hunters bringing a variety of playstyles, and strategic weapon builds, although GameSpot’s Jordan Ramée did take issue with the game’s bullet-sponge bosses and disappointing villains. “Borderlands 3 has a few stumbling blocks when it comes to bosses, but these fights are overshadowed by the game’s rewarding gunplay and over-the-top humor,” he wrote.

“The game’s character-driven narrative acts as a satisfying finale for the loot-shooter franchise, and the new mechanics and features–especially the reworked skill trees and weapon manufacturer effects–give you plenty of agency in how you want to play through it. If you’ve never been a fan of the franchise, it’s unlikely Borderlands 3 does enough things differently to change your mind, as the game best excels at continuing what the series has always done: deliver a humorous tall tale of misfits looting and shooting their way to heroism.”